Number conception and application /

How number words came about? This book offers a trenchant answer to the question, explaining number conception and application slot by slot through a host of Eurasian languages. The cross-linguistic lack of width and depth in numeracy studies, which has existed for a long time, seemed impossible to...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Wang, Penglin (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hauppauge, N.Y. : Nova Science Publisher's, Inc., [2014]
Colección:Languages and linguistics.
Temas:
Grammar, Comparative and general > Numerals.
Numerals > History.
Symbolism of numbers.
Numeration > History.
Semiotics.
Anthropological linguistics.
Reference (Linguistics)
Numéraux.
Symbolisme des nombres.
Ethnolinguistique.
Référence (Linguistique)
number symbolism.
anthropological linguistics.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Grammar & Punctuation.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Linguistics > Syntax.
Anthropological linguistics
Grammar, Comparative and general > Numerals
Numerals
Numeration
Semiotics
Symbolism of numbers
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:How number words came about? This book offers a trenchant answer to the question, explaining number conception and application slot by slot through a host of Eurasian languages. The cross-linguistic lack of width and depth in numeracy studies, which has existed for a long time, seemed impossible to overcome. This discouraging situation has now changed dramatically with Dr. Penglin Wang's entering the field. This book is designed to investigate the linguistic and semiotic sources of number words, especially the cardinal numbers, in Altaic, Indo-European, and Sino-Tibetan languages and will prov.
Descripción Física:1 online resource
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781633217331
1633217337

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